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Stalking and non-fatal strangulation to become standalone offences
Stalking and non-fatal strangulation will become standalone offences under new plans, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has announced.
Courts will also be able to issue restraining orders without a criminal prosecution.
These new laws are the result of a campaign by Eve McDowell and Una Ring along with Fianna Fáil Senator Lisa Chambers.
Both stalking and non-fatal strangulation are already crimes, but these changes aim to make the law in this area clearer and stronger.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0421/1293491-stalking-offence/